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AUSTIN — Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for Dec. 15. Full report available at txfishing.com.

Freshwater

AMISTAD: Water clear; 66 degrees; 0.33 feet high. Black bass are good on spinner baits, crank baits, and soft plastics. Striped bass are good on slabs and crank baits. White bass are good on slabs and crank baits. Catfish fair on nightcrawlers, shrimp, and cheese bait. Yellow catfish good on trotlines and throwlines baited with live perch.

BASTROP: Water clear. Black bass are good on watermelon spinner baits, crank baits, and Rat-L-Traps. Crappie are fair on live minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp, nightcrawlers, and stink bait. Yellow catfish are slow.

BELTON: Water clear; 66 degrees; 3.28 feet low. Black bass are fair on spinner baits in coves, and trolling Rat-L-Traps. Hybrid striper are good on live shad and white Riversides. White bass are good on minnows under lights at night. Crappie are good on minnows under lights at night. Channel and blue catfish are good on stink bait, frozen shad, and snails. Yellow catfish are slow.

BRAUNIG: Water clear; 68 degrees. Black bass are good on crank baits and spinner baits. Striped bass are fair on liver and shad. Redfish are good on crawfish, shad, shrimp, tilapia, and silver spoons. Channel catfish are good on shrimp, cut bait, and cheese bait. Blue catfish are good on cut bait.

BROWNWOOD: Water clear; 65 degrees; 9.36 feet low. Black bass are fair on Bass Hogg spinner baits, craw colored jigs, and craw colored crank baits. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are good on Li’l Fishies, minnows, and shad colored crank baits off lighted docks at night. Crappie are good on Li’l Fishies and tube jigs over brush piles under lights at night. Channel catfish are good on shrimp and stink bait over baited holes. Yellow catfish are slow.

BUCHANAN: Water clear; 67 degrees; 10.63 feet low. Black bass are good on watermelon spinner baits, Skip-N-Pop topwaters, and Texas rigged soft plastics in 10-20 feet. Striped bass are fair on swim baits, crank baits, and Rat-L-Traps in 20-30 feet near the dam, and on live bait in 20-40 feet. White bass are fair on Li’l Fishies over brush piles in creeks. Crappie are good on chartreuse Curb’s crappie jigs and live minnows. Channel catfish are good on shrimp and stink bait. Yellow and blue catfish are good on live bait.

CALAVERAS: Water clear; 68 degrees. Black bass are good on watermelon soft plastic worms, spinner baits, and crank baits. Striped bass are slow. Redfish are fair on live bait, crawfish, and tilapia. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on shad, shrimp, and cheese bait. Yellow catfish are slow.

CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 63 degrees; 1.05 feet low. Black bass are good on watermelon Rat-L-Traps and spinner baits, and on tequila sunrise soft plastics along lay downs. Striped bass are fair on Pirk Minnows and deep running crank baits on main lake points early. White bass are fair on small spinner baits and Rat-L-Traps. Smallmouth bass are fair on pumpkinseed soft plastics over rock piles. Crappie are fair on minnows and blue tube jigs in 10-16 feet. Channel and blue catfish fair on shrimp and liver. Yellow catfish good on throwlines baited with live perch.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 68 degrees; 5.56 feet low. Black bass are fair on watermelon spinner baits, crank baits, and Rat-L-Traps. White bass are fair on minnows and silver spoons. Crappie are good on minnows. Drum are fair on live worms. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and stink bait. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch.

COLETO CREEK: Water fairly clear; 68 degrees (84 degrees at discharge); 1.01 feet low. Black bass are fair on spinner baits and Rat-L-Traps. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with perch.

FALCON: Water clear; 69 degrees. Black bass are very good on crank baits, spinner baits, and Brush Hogs. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on cut bait and stink bait.

LBJ: Water stained; 67 degrees; 0.34 feet low. Black bass are good on chartreuse topwaters and JDC Skip-N-Pops, and on watermelon red Whacky Sticks along lay downs in 8-16 feet. Striped bass are fair on tequila sunrise crank baits and spinner baits in the river channel. White bass are fair on minnows and jigging spoons early and late. Crappie are good on Curb’s crappie jigs and live minnows over brush piles. Channel catfish are good on shrimp and stink bait. Yellow and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with live bait.

TRAVIS: Water fairly clear; 67 degrees; 13.63 feet low. Black bass are fair on watermelon crank baits and chartreuse soft plastics in 10-20 feet. Striped bass are fair on live bait. White bass are fair on minnows and Li’l Fishies at night. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shrimp and cut bait. Yellow catfish are slow.

Saltwater (north to south)

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair for drifters on live shrimp over humps and scattered shell. Redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and mullet.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are good in the Colorado River on glow plastics. Redfish are fair to good on the south shoreline in the guts and bayous. Trout are fair on shell on soft plastics.

PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfish are fair on Corkies over soft mud in waist-deep water in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working reefs on live shrimp. Redfish are good at the mouths of drains.

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair on the edge of the ICW on glow DOA Shrimp. Redfish are fair to good in the holes on the Estes Flats on mullet and shrimp.

PORT ARANSAS: Redfish are fair to good on the East Flats on Gulps and mullet. Sand trout are good on shrimp in the channel. Tuna are good offshore.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Redfish are good in the Humble Channel on crabs and table shrimp. Trout are fair to good on the edge of the flats on live shrimp and Gulps.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair to good in mud and grass on Corkies, MirrOlures and Catch 2000s. Trout are fair to good in the guts along the King Ranch shoreline on Corkies.

PORT MANSFIELD: Redfish are fair to good on DOA Shrimp and Gulps under a popping cork around grass holes. Trout are fair to good on mud along the edge of the ICW and around the spoils on Corkies and MirrOlures.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout and redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on DOA Shrimp and Gulps. Redfish, black drum and mangrove snapper are fair to good in the channel on shrimp.

PORT ISABEL: Trout are fair on the edge of the flats on soft plastics and Gulps under popping corks. Redfish are fair to good in South Bay on the edge of the channel on shrimp.

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